The Steeple-Jack Quizzes

The Steeple-Jack Quiz 1

1 What artist does Moore mention?
Dürer

Donatello

Leonardo

El Greco
2 What animal is stranded?
Whale

Seal

Manatee

Dolphin
3 How many animals are stranded?
8

7

5

6
4 How is the air described?
Fragrant

Fine

Sweet

Lovely
5 The water is described as
formal

ragged

fragmented

flowing
6 What are the waves compared to?
Slats of a roof

Scales on a fish

Mountain peaks

Sunbeams
7 What birds are mentioned?
Crows

Seagulls

Cormorants

Pelicans
8 What do the birds fly around?
The beach

The lighthouse

The hills

The ships
9 The birds' movement is:
like a pulsation

like a stillness

like a quiver

like a shudder
10 What color is the sea?
Black

Blue

Purple

Green
11 What color did Dürer change the Tyrol to?
Red

Blue and gray

Purple

Pink and yellow
12 How much does the lobster weigh?
20 lbs

10 lbs

25 lbs

30 lbs
13 What is arranged to dry?
Fish

Sails

Fish nets

Clothes
14 What instruments describe the storm?
Drum and clarinet

Flute

Piano

Fife and drum
15 What does the storm disturb?
The trees

The stars

The houses

The animals
16 What does the poet say it is a privilege to see?
Death

Anger

Confusion

Chaos
17 What is "favored by the fog"?
Stars

Flowers

People

Fish
18 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Rose

Salpigloss

Snapdrgaon

Foxglove
19 Which of the following is not one of the flowers mentioned?
Daisy

Petunia

Lily

Tulip
20 The climate is not right for:
the frangipani

the jack-fruit

the banyan

all of these
21 What keeps down the rats?
Dogs

Newts

Cobras

Cats
22 The newt is described as
corpulent

ebullient

reticent

diffident
23 "There is nothing that ______ can buy or take away"
ambition

the steeple-jack

Durer

love
24 What is the college student's name?
Abbot

Austin

Arthur

Ambrose
25 What does Ambrose watch?
Boats

Whales

Seagulls

Lobsters

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